Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-11-17

ihIeT the aIlaIellst WAS CORPSE.
The death was the most hideous
ever witnessed within the walls of
any institution in the city. The
Illuminating cap was concealed in
his long chestnut hair. He was a
veritablc human tiger.
A SECRET ORGANIZATION
There existed in Chicago for two
years ormere before the Haymarket
massacre, q secret organization
known as the International Work.
ingman's association. The plat
form of the organization distinctly
declared that, to the workingman,
."there is only one remedy left
force, = and announced its purpose
as rebellion. !" The organization
was divided into six groups in diff
ferent parts of Chicago. Themem-
bers were known by numbers, and
not by names. Certain numbers
armed with rifles drilled reg
ularly once week at their places
of meeting, taking their rifles home
with them after drill. These arm
ed members were known as the
earned section" There was an
other organization called the Lehr
and Wehr Verein, whose members
belonged also to the international
group, but seemed to belong to a
higher rank. In 1879, this organiza-
ton numbered 1 200 men, all arm
ed with rifles and drilling regularly
at the Anarchist headquarters. In
the spring of 1885 there were In
Chicago 1900 of these armed So
cialists.
The Illinois supreme court de-
clared that they constituted an un-
lawful conspiracy. It's purpose
was unlawful, being avowedly to
bring about "a social revolution"
| by violence.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
The meeting at which the bomb
was thrown, causing the death OF
Policeman Degan and six others,
and seriously wounding sixty more,
was held May 4, 1886, during the
excitement attending the attempt to
enforce the rule of eight hours as a
working day, and great strike
which grew out of this attempt. It
was conceded that the bomb killed
Degan. 1t was conceded on the
other hand, that no one of the de-
PENDANTS threw the bomb. The
prosecution held, however, that
these men were guilty of conspiracy
to bring about "a social revolu-
tion," and were so guilty as aeces-
sories before the fact of the murder
of Degan. The Supreme Court
carefully examined the evidence as
regards every one of the men sep
arately, and in each case unani-
mously decided that the jury in the
court below were justified in find
ing the defendants guilty. Spies,
schwab, Fielden, Parsons, Fischer,
Engel and Lingg were condemned
to death, and Neebe to imprison.
ment for fifteen years. The An
archists and their sympathizers
endeavored to create the impress
ion that the bomb-throwing was
the chance act of some unknown
tperson, growing out of resentment
against the police for attempting
to disperse the meeting, and laie
stress on the fact that the day be
fore one striker-not six, as tht
Anarchists speakers and editors
said in order to infiame the work
Iingmen-had been killed by th,
lpolice.
/ Lingg undoubtedly made tn,
| bomb which killed Degan, ane
made it to be used to kill the polic'
and the militia. The evening. o
the meeting he appeared before th'
North Avenue police station ant
proposed to seliger to throw bonnl
lin and shoot down two policemen
;who were in front of the building
1t was not done. He was wi1t
with excitement when a patro
wagon, manned with policemen
passed him and he was unable t
| throw it among them.
i ENGEL AND FISCHER.
Engel and Fischer were largel,
instrumental in organizing the con
spiracy, and "advised and induces
a band of seventy or eighty arme'
and drilled men to enter into a plo
Ito murder the police with bomb
: and pistols
SPIES AND scHwAB
ran the Arbeiter Zeitung, the orgal
Iof the Socialists. The evidenc
showed that Spies, who was tn
) editor, and schwab, who was tn
foreman, stnot only joined the con
Ispiracy after it was formed, but in
Ispired the conception of it before j
| was formed. The utterances Q
the paper were in a most blood
thirsty and devilish spirit, repeat
|edly inciting to murder. Spies
admitted and proved utterances Of
that and previous days were diree
, indictments to bloodshed. Spie
thad entire charge of the meeting
, There was also testimony by an un
limpeached witness that Spies sal
, Ito Schwab. ssDo you think one
enough, or hadn't we better go an
y get more?'' and that Spies handle